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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1939
Page
4
The article urges all citizens to combat malaria by eliminating mosquito breeding sites near homes. It explains that malaria spreads via the anopheles mosquito, not night air, and warns that stagnant pools, old containers, rain barrels, and overlooked water collecters in towns and countryside can sustain larvae.
A school prize winner notes that matches and smoking ignite fires at three times the rate of other causes and account for 27 percent of known fires. The piece urges strict disposal of cigarette butts and ashes, cautioning that every fire is preventable and often fatal, with hundreds of thousands harmed.
Dr H T Manuel from the University of Texas reports to the Texas Commission on Coordination in Education that youths in state hospitals training schools and prisons outnumber first year college enrollees. He notes 8000 inmates under 25 across state facilities and argues crime stems from youth maladjustment at home and in school.
Observations of Interest to Stockfarmers reports Texas ahead of all states in Pittman Robertson wildlife funds and expenditures. The Texas five year statewide survey and management program began August 1938 with $53,600 total for wildlife work, $40,200 federal and $13,400 state match, aiming to boost game and fish. national attention drew imitators in Missouri and New York. The piece notes large livestock and market data from San Antonio and surrounding markets, plus wool loan notices and industry context.
Corpus Christi reports Lozano, a Starr County farmer, delivering the nation's first bale of 1939 cotton. His 424 pound bale of strict middling sold for 15 cents a pound at auction on the Cotton Exchange here. Lozano owns a 60 acre tract near La Grulla in the Grande Valley and has led the early bale market six times this season.
A stream of visitors and relatives passed through Johnson City this week. Residents from Fredericksburg Mason Stephen ville Sandy Round Mountain and Cuero stopped by homes or rodeo venues while others traveled to Harpers and Mason for visits and holidays.
The article argues that modern Communism reincarnates ancient tribal customs that predate recognized private property and the foundations of modern civilization. It frames communism as a return to early social arrangements rather than a new doctrine.
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